Hearing Zhuang Haikuo criticized him, Tian Zhilang immediately said innocently: "Master, it's not cold, and the bell tower cannot make a fire to keep warm. It's windy on the first floor, so we can't just hide on it." While speaking, Tian Zhilang's eyes also swept towards Lin Haoming and others from time to time.
"You have many excuses. Experts, this is the person in charge of the bell tower, named Tian Zhilang. When I was a child, I was his grandfather, and then his father. Now he is him, and it is also his inheritance for three generations. He knows the situation of the bell tower best." Zhuang Haikuo said with a smile.
"Dear experts, come in and talk, it's cold outside." Tian Zhilang was obviously not a dull person, so he quickly greeted him.
Lin Haoming and others followed into the bell tower, but the mayor did not go in. He just smiled and signaled that the next thing was handed over to Tian Zhilang, and he went back.
Everyone ignored the mayor. After all, the person in front of him was obviously more capable of getting the bell tower. The bell tower was really big. It was a tower as a whole. The main management had four floors, and the top floor was the bell tower. Each floor was very high, at least one meter taller than the previous hotel.
There is a table and two chairs on the first floor, with some paper on it, mainly tables and some debris under the stairs.
The stairs are spiral ladders, which are very narrow along one side of the walls. Both of them are barely able to go upstairs one by one.
After arriving on the second floor, Lin Haoming found that it had been completely transformed into a living room, with a bed facing the wall of the stairs, and a cabinet and some miscellaneous items.
"Sorry, I don't actually live here normally. This place is just a temporary rest place." Tian Zhilang smiled embarrassedly.
After saying that, he continued to go upstairs. After everyone followed, he found that there were some items related to the top bell on the third floor, some gear parts, some engine oil, debugging rods, measuring instruments, etc.
Looking at these things, there is no dust, which shows that these items are often used.
The third floor leads to the fourth floor, with a lid on it. Only by opening the lid can you enter the interior of the real big clock. It is obviously narrow here. The clock itself occupies most of the space and can accommodate three people at most standing in a spacious position. If there are more, it will appear crowded.
The big clock has stopped now. According to the information given by the soul ring, it is because some core components are aging and need to be thoroughly repaired. Now the group is coming to check the specific situation and protect some parts of the big clock. Because many things have a history of more than a hundred and decades, they can be regarded as important cultural relics.
Several people took turns to go up to the top floor to check the situation here. At first, there were three guys who knew Lin Haoming, then three women, and finally it was Lin Haoming and the machete. The situation was clearly that no one was willing to be with him.
Of course, this also facilitates Lin Haoming's action. He carefully observed the situation here. The reason why the roller clock tower is called the roller clock tower is entirely because the four-sided clock tower is behind the pointer disc that displays time on all sides. As the background are scrolls, which roll and rotate like a clock with the gears.
This world is about the same as the earth, and here the day is divided into twelve hours, which is represented by numbers, or it can also be called hours. Each hour is divided into twenty-four points, one point is five minutes, and one point is one drop in about three seconds.
The reason for this division is also related to the precise measurement of time in this world. According to world information, the first scholars who built clocks used a water drop clock. A drop of water leaked out is the shortest unit of time. Even if the water drop clock later became a historical antique, the name of time was still inherited.
After checking the machete, he looked at Lin Haoming. Lin Haoming finally shook his head and indicated that there were no clues here. Indeed, there were some mechanical things here, nothing special.
After Lin Haoming came down, he saw someone who came down early in the morning and was surrounding Tian Zhilang for questions. On the surface, it seemed that he was asking about Dazhong, but in fact he had many indirect attacks.
Huang Changting is particularly friendly. As long as she asks, Tian Zhilang will say something even if he doesn't know, which makes Huang Changting a very important figure among the crowd.
From her clichés, we all know that this big clock was indeed built after the construction of the Mie Winery. In order to prevent the workers in the town, or the workers in the village from being late, the construction was initially carried out by the people in the factory. However, as the village gradually became a town, the Mie Winery gave the ownership of the clock tower to the town. Since then, the town sent special people to maintain the clock tower.
The earliest town in charge of the bell tower was Tian Zhilang's grandfather. He started to manage the bell tower when he was younger than Tian Zhilang. Although his identity was still a bell ringer, more of the bell tower maintenance staff were actually determined by the bell ringer, and his grandfather had always done a good job. The bell ringer's profession was passed down to the father and son to the grandson, which was passed down to Tian Zhilang now.
However, when Tian Zhilang looked at Huang Changting's eyes, especially some more attractive places, they always stayed for a long time. In addition, they knocked on the door for a long time before opening it, and they always felt that Tian Zhilang was not so reliable.
After listening to him for a while, Gao Shang said a little surprised: "Hey, why is it getting dark?"
Apart from the first floor door, the bell tower does not have glass windows, but there are wooden windows that are pushed open directly and supported by wooden brackets. It is just because the weather is cold now, but because the cover to the top floor was not closed before, you can see outside through the translucent ground of the clock from below.
Everyone was surprised to hear him say this, but Tian Zhilang said very normally: "It's almost nine o'clock now, it's normal for darkness, after all, it's almost winter."
Hearing this, Lin Haoming soon realized something. This place must be very long in winter, and nine o'clock is equivalent to three to four o'clock. If this is the case, in this place, six hours a day is actually during the day, and the remaining eighteen hours are all night, and the night can only be left in the clock tower.
"We are in a hurry. I just checked it. It is not easy to find out the problem of Zhong. We only have three days. I think we might as well take the tools and check it first while it is not completely dark." Guan Yiming said as if he was the leader.
Chapter completed!